Nice new report by anti-fascist heroes Searchlight and Nick Lowles, looking at English national identity. Key points;

“It concludes that there is not a progressive majority in society and it reveals that there is a deep resentment to immigration, as well as scepticism towards multiculturalism. There is a widespread fear of the ‘Other’, particularly Muslims, and there is an appetite for a new right-wing political party that has none of the fascist trappings of the British National Party or the violence of the English Defence League. With a clear correlation between economic pessimism and negative views to immigration, the situation is likely to get worse over the next few years.”

Liam Barrington-Bush with a fantastic piece reflecting on the Black Panther movement and what their story means for David Cameron’s Big Society, and for the left’s response to the cuts.

350.org starts to take on the US Chamber of Commerce. This might get messy.

The new collection ‘Fight Back’ (free to download here) is one for the winter of 2010-11, and the various student protests, anti-cuts direct actions and university occupations that have brought new energy to protest in the UK.

Some pieces you’ll have read already, and some unlikelier ones too. Great stuff.

Am I the only person thinking that Guido Fawkes is slowly becoming a campaigning site?

When I read this piece by Tim Montgomerie back in December bemoaning the Right’s lack of an organisation with the campaigning ability of 38 Degrees, I smiled. Not often do we get a head start like that.

But times have changed. Guido is now challenging the Guardian on tax evasion, and slowly moving towards getting his readers to take specific campaign actions. Wouldn’t take much to turn his mailing list into somewhat of a machine.